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Juan R. Rodriguez Velasco
Profile
Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Juan R. Rodriguez Velasco
Age: 23
From: El Cenizo, Texas
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Corpus Christi, Texas
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Juan R. Rodriguez Velasco died Jan. 13 of injuries sustained due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: January 13, 2005
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Age: 23
From: El Cenizo, Texas
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Corpus Christi, Texas
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Juan R. Rodriguez Velasco died Jan. 13 of injuries sustained due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: January 13, 2005
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Occupation
1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Corpus Christi, Texas
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Juan R. Rodriguez Velasco died Jan. 13 of injuries sustained due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Juan Velasco
2005-06-24
They Don't Wear Purple Hearts In Heaven
I lost my brother to a foreign land;
I was too young to even understand
There was a knock at the front door,
then Momma wasn't smiling anymore.
The man at the door was a Marine;
the first I've ever seen.
Momma told me to go out and play,
then the preacher came
and they started to pray.
Tears ran down Momma's eyes,
and I heard her say, "Why, Lord, Why"?
Father stood there seemingly mindless,
all he said was, "We've lost another of
America's finest."
The Marine handed Momma a small velvet case,
inside was a Purple Ribbon, attached to a
gold heart with Washington's face.
I asked Momma if it were mine,
but she said, "It's your brother's, Sunshine."
"Momma can we send it to Kevin?"
She answered, "They don't wear Purple Hearts in Heaven."
...Author unknown
I lost my brother to a foreign land;
I was too young to even understand
There was a knock at the front door,
then Momma wasn't smiling anymore.
The man at the door was a Marine;
the first I've ever seen.
Momma told me to go out and play,
then the preacher came
and they started to pray.
Tears ran down Momma's eyes,
and I heard her say, "Why, Lord, Why"?
Father stood there seemingly mindless,
all he said was, "We've lost another of
America's finest."
The Marine handed Momma a small velvet case,
inside was a Purple Ribbon, attached to a
gold heart with Washington's face.
I asked Momma if it were mine,
but she said, "It's your brother's, Sunshine."
"Momma can we send it to Kevin?"
She answered, "They don't wear Purple Hearts in Heaven."
...Author unknown